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</style></head><body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr /><td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><img align="left" border="0" height="32" src="images/rb-logo.png" width="32" /></td><td width="1">&#160;&#160;</td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="index.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a>&#160;&#183; <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a>&#160;&#183; <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a></td></table><h1 align="center">QAbstractFormBuilder Class Reference<br /><sup><sup>[<a href="qtdesigner.html">QtDesigner</a> module]</sup></sup></h1><p>The QAbstractFormBuilder class provides a default implementation
for classes that create user interfaces at run-time. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>

<p>Inherited by <a href="qformbuilder.html">QFormBuilder</a>.</p><h3>Methods</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#QAbstractFormBuilder">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QWidget <b><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#load">load</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QIODevice&#160;<i>device</i>, QWidget&#160;<i>parent</i>&#160;=&#160;None)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#save">save</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QIODevice&#160;<i>dev</i>, QWidget&#160;<i>widget</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#setWorkingDirectory">setWorkingDirectory</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QDir&#160;<i>directory</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QDir <b><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#workingDirectory">workingDirectory</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li></ul><a name="details" /><hr /><h2>Detailed Description</h2><p>The QAbstractFormBuilder class provides a default implementation
for classes that create user interfaces at run-time.</p>
<p>QAbstractFormBuilder provides a standard interface and a default
implementation for constructing forms from user interface files. It
is not intended to be instantiated directly. Use the <a href="qformbuilder.html">QFormBuilder</a> class to create user
interfaces from UI files at run-time. For example:</p>
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         MyForm<span class="operator">.</span>MyForm(<span class="type"><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a></span> <span class="operator">*</span>parent)
             : <span class="type"><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a></span>(parent)
         {
             <span class="type"><a href="qformbuilder.html">QFormBuilder</a></span> builder;
             <span class="type"><a href="qfile.html">QFile</a></span> file(<span class="string">":/forms/myWidget.ui"</span>);
             file<span class="operator">.</span>open(<span class="type"><a href="qfile.html">QFile</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>ReadOnly);
             <span class="type"><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a></span> <span class="operator">*</span>myWidget <span class="operator">=</span> builder<span class="operator">.</span>load(<span class="operator">&amp;</span>file<span class="operator">,</span> <span class="keyword">this</span>);
             file<span class="operator">.</span>close();

             <span class="type"><a href="qvboxlayout.html">QVBoxLayout</a></span> <span class="operator">*</span>layout <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="type"><a href="qvboxlayout.html">QVBoxLayout</a></span>;
             layout<span class="operator">-</span><span class="operator">&gt;</span>addWidget(myWidget);
             setLayout(layout);
         }
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<p>To override certain aspects of the form builder's behavior,
subclass QAbstractFormBuilder and reimplement the relevant virtual
functions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#load">load</a>() handles
reading of UI format files from arbitrary QIODevices, and
construction of widgets from the XML data that they contain.</li>
<li><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#save">save</a>() handles
saving of widget details in UI format to arbitrary QIODevices.</li>
<li><a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#workingDirectory">workingDirectory</a>()
and <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#setWorkingDirectory">setWorkingDirectory</a>()
control the directory in which forms are held. The form builder
looks for other resources on paths relative to this directory.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="qformbuilder.html">QFormBuilder</a> class is
typically used by custom components and applications that embed
<i>Qt Designer</i>. Standalone applications that need to
dynamically generate user interfaces at run-time use the <a href="quiloader.html">QUiLoader</a>, found in the <a href="qtuitools.html">QtUiTools</a> module.</p>
<hr /><h2>Method Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="QAbstractFormBuilder" />QAbstractFormBuilder.__init__ (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Constructs a new form builder.</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="load" /><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> QAbstractFormBuilder.load (<i>self</i>, <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>&#160;<i>device</i>, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a>&#160;<i>parent</i>&#160;=&#160;None)</h3><p>The <i>parent</i> argument, if not None, causes <i>self</i> to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.</p><p>Loads an XML representation of a widget from the given
<i>device</i>, and constructs a new widget with the specified
<i>parent</i>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#save">save</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="save" />QAbstractFormBuilder.save (<i>self</i>, <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>&#160;<i>dev</i>, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a>&#160;<i>widget</i>)</h3><p>Saves an XML representation of the given <i>widget</i> to the
specified <i>device</i> in the standard UI file format.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#load">load</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="setWorkingDirectory" />QAbstractFormBuilder.setWorkingDirectory (<i>self</i>, <a href="qdir.html">QDir</a>&#160;<i>directory</i>)</h3><p>Sets the current working directory of the form builder to the
specified <i>directory</i>.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#workingDirectory">workingDirectory</a>().</p>


<h3 class="fn"><a name="workingDirectory" /><a href="qdir.html">QDir</a> QAbstractFormBuilder.workingDirectory (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the current working directory of the form builder.</p>
<p><b>See also</b> <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html#setWorkingDirectory">setWorkingDirectory</a>().</p>
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